Huge theme park that would be 'England's Disneyland' but was never built

Huge theme park that would be 'England's Disneyland' but was never built

A THEME park that wanted to be the UK’s version of Disneyland was nearly built in the 1980s. The theme park, called WonderWorld, hoped to open in Corby in Northamptonshire. Fulltable.comThe site of England’s Disneyland was due to be in Corby, Northamptonshire[/caption] BBCThe park would have featured a stadium theme on one of the Martian tripods from Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds[/caption] BBCIn total, the park would have had 13 themed villages…

The 1980s ‘British Disneyland’ near Corby that never happened

James Grant News, Northamptonshire AD Magazine WonderWorld in Corby was billed as being a rival to Disneyland A new Universal resort near Bedford is due to open in 2031, creating 28,000 jobs and attracting 8.5 million visitors a year. But more than 40 years ago, a similar vision was announced just outside Corby, Northamptonshire. Called WonderWorld, the ambitious £346m project promised a British answer to Disney – complete with themed villages…